Hieracium rotundatum, Kitaibel ex Schultes, 1814

Szeląg, Zbigniew, 2018, Hieracia balcanica XVI. Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Hieracium rotundatum and H. transylvanicum (Asteraceae), Phytotaxa 382 (2), pp. 227-233 : 228

Typification of Hieracium rotundatum

In 1802 P. Kitaibel, accompanied by F.A. Waldstein & J. Schütz, visited Croatia and collected a considerable amount of herbarium material ( Gombocz 1945). It is probable that the plants subsequently described as H. rotundatum were collected during this trip ( Schultes 1814). In the Herbarium Kitaibelianum stored at BP, there is a specimen (Herb. Kit. fasc. XXVI no. 335) labelled ‘ Hieracium obtusatum vel rotundatum mihi. Ex horto, in que[m] e Croatia illatum’ ( Fig. 1 ). This specimen consists of two individuals pressed from the garden-cultivated plants. The comparison of these plants with the protologue of H. rotundatum indicates that they were used as the basis of the species description ( Schultes 1814: 439). This specimen is the holotype of the name H. rotundatum .

Figures

FIGURE 1. Holotype of Hieracium rotundatum (BP).